The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) began in 2012 with a vision:

Sustainable, resilient, productive and liveable cities and towns that value water’s contribution to economic development and growth, our quality of life, and the ecosystems of which cities are a part.

Over 9 years, we formed a strong, national partnership between practitioners and researchers that unlocked new ways to manage urban water: new water sources and how they can be harnessed, new tools for measuring water performance, new ways of identifying and quantifying the benefits and costs of water sensitive approaches, and new processes for identifying water sensitive visions and deciding actions to turn that water sensitive vision into reality.

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